TICKSEED

coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed

(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tickseed (plural tickseeds)

A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.

A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera

Bidens, beggarticks.

Coreopsis, coreopsis

Corispermum, bugseeds

Desmodium, tick-trefoils

Anagrams

• seed tick

Source: Wiktionary


Tick"seed`, n. Etym: [Tick the insect + seed; cf. G. wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.]

1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.

2. (Bot.) (a) Same as Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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